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2011 Reading
The end of the year is near and its time to review. This year I have been diligently recording the books I have read in GoodReads and was astonished when I checked my stats to find out that I have … Continue reading
13th Tale a passive read
I’m currently reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield for my monthly book club and have been boggled by my unenthusiastic response to reading a book I had suggested. From the description of the story about a amateur biographer being … Continue reading
Wordstock Experience
Every year my husband and I like to attend Portland’s literary conference Wordstock. This year, I was only able to attend the Sunday conference due to work conflicts, but was still able to attend a few interesting panel discussion and … Continue reading
Top 10 Influential Books
I had a young patron ask for book recommendations that would “make me think.” This got me thinking about the books I discovered on my own and read as a teenager that influenced me in becoming the person I am … Continue reading
Crass Capitalism Alert!!
The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith is the latest in the a new posting series on examples of product placement in young adult novels. It’s my way of creating a running tally of incidents as I come across them while … Continue reading
Review Bloating
So I have been a part of Librarything Early Reviewers for about six months and post reviews on my Goodreads account. I enjoy reading and think I am getting better at writing useful and fair reviews of books. But as … Continue reading
Library and book T-shirts
There are quite a few shirts with lovely quips that readers and librarians find humorous. Threadless.com is one of the places I like to find great t-shirts. Here’s a few that I find fun. I like this one, though I … Continue reading
Finding mythical gods in our modern world
Are you and adult who has enjoyed reading Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and are ready to read something similar for adults? Here’s a list of adult novels set in our time with mythological gods from Greek, … Continue reading
Book Review Anxiety
I have been speeding through the library books I posted earlier, some have been really fun and exciting to read, one of them not so much. This unfortunate book came recommended from Powell’s bookstore with flying colors and had list … Continue reading
Confession of a Book addict
Since moving to Oregon and into a better public library system than in Georgia, I have become addicted to the libraries catalog “Place Hold” feature. I find books I am interested while strolling through Powell’s Bookstore in the catalog. For … Continue reading